Shloka 37
Adhyaya 39 — Yoga Discipline: Posture, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, and Signs of Attainment
सर्वे दोषाः प्रणश्यन्ति स्वस्थश्चैवोपजायते ।
वीक्षते च परं ब्रह्म प्राकृतांश्च गुणान् पृथक् ॥
sarve doṣāḥ praṇaśyanti svasthaś caivopajāyate / vīkṣate ca paraṃ brahma prākṛtāṃś ca guṇān pṛthak //
All faults are destroyed, and one becomes established in health; one beholds the Supreme Brahman and discerns the natural guṇas as distinct from the Self.
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FAQs
Yoga practice is presented as both therapeutic and liberative: impurities (doṣa) fall away, health and inner stability arise, and the practitioner gains discriminative insight—seeing Brahman while recognizing the guṇas as functions of prakṛti rather than the true Self.
Primarily ancillary dharma/ācāra teaching rather than one of the five (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It supports dharma by prescribing yogic discipline and its fruits.
The ‘separation’ of guṇas from the seer indicates viveka-khyāti: the yogin ceases to identify with prakṛti’s modes, enabling the direct intuition of Brahman (or the puruṣa principle) beyond conditioned nature.